🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Hej! I share an extract of my experience of visiting spectacular Bulgaria. I was there in the summer of 2023. Below are some notes on what I tasted, saw and listened to.
Important: I only share my own experience and recommend the things I personally tried and liked. Therefore, everything written below is extremely subjective, and also does not cover all the wonderful local attributes and places ☺️.

🗺 Places: Sofia, Nessebar, Burgas, Varna, Pomorie, Sveti Vlas, Byala.

🏛 Top sights visited:

1. Sofia
   • St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral (Храм-Паметник “Свети Александър Невски”)
   • Vitosha Boulevard (Булевард “Витоша”)
   • Vitosha Mountain (Планина Витоша)
   • The Rotunda Church of St George (Ротонда “Свети Георги”)
   • Amphitheatre of Serdica (Амфитеатър на Сердика)
   • National Palace of Culture (Национален Дворец на Културата)
2. Nessebar
   • Old Nessebar (Стар Несебър)
   • Sunny Beach (Слънчев Бряг)
3. Burgas
   • Sea Garden (Морска Градина)
4. Varna
   • Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin (Катедралата Успение Богородично)
   • Sea Garden (Морска Градина)
   • The Roman Thermae (Римски Терми)
5. Sveti Vlas
   • Church “Saint Vlasiy” (Свети Влас)
   • Church St. Atanasii Veliki (Храм Св. Атанасий Велики)
   • Marina Dinevi Port (Марина Диневи)
6. Pomorie
   • Monastery of St. George (Манастир Свети Георги)
   • Old Houses of Pomorie Architectural Reserve (Старо Поморие)
   • The Salt Museum (Музей на Солта)
   • Free Mud Bahtes (Безплатни Кални Бахти)
7. Byala
   • Cape St. Athanasius Ancient Settlement (Свети Анастас)
   • White Cliffs (Бели Cкали)

🎧 Local musicians:

• 🇧🇬 Azis (singer). Genre: pop
• 🇧🇬 Avenue (duo). Genre: pop
• 🇧🇬 Orlin Goranov (singer). Genre: retro-pop
• 🇧🇬 Молец (duo). Genre: pop

🥘 Local food & drinks:

• Shopska Salad (Шопска Салата)
• Banica Pie (Баница)
• Tarator Soup (Таратор)
• Kebapche (Кебапче)
• Kyufte (Кюфте)
• Deep Fried Sprats (Цаца)
• Ayran (Айрян)
• Chushki Burek (Чушка Бюрек)
• Bulgarian Rakia (Brand: “Burgas 63”)

🎬 Local movies:

• The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (Светът е Голям и Спасение Дебне Отвсякъде). Year: 2008. Genre: road movie

🪔 Authentic artifacts:

• The Cyrillic Alphabet (Кирилица)
• Authentic Garb: Nosiya (Носия)
• Bulgarian Horo Dance (Хоро)
• The Culture of Thracians (Траки / Θρᾷκες)
• The Rose Festival (Празник на Розата)

🦉 Local wisdom: “The new broom sweeps cleanly, but the old one knows the corners” / “Новата метла чисто мете, но старата пък знае ъглите” — Bulgarian proverb

👨‍🎓The oldest university: Sofia University (Софийски Университет), Sofia, est. 1888.